Tattvabindu of Vachaspati Mishra (study)
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Part 3.2 - Place of 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补
Very little information is found about the life of 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补. Traditionally, he was a Maithili Brahmin who hailed from the region of Bihar and to have lived somewhere near the Nepal Frontier. In this regard, Ga峁単膩n膩th Jh膩 has mentioned that there is a village in that region of Bihar named 叠丑腻尘腻, which is supposed to have been named after 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈鈥檚 Advaita commentary entitled 叠丑腻尘补迟墨.[1] On the other hand, Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya mentions that he belonged to Badag膩ma in Pargana Ni艣艣akap奴rak奴岣峢膩 [Ni艣艣a峁卥ap奴ra-k奴岣峢膩?], which is now situated in the Sahar峁 district on the eastern boundary of Darbh膩峁単膩.[2] Another 惭墨尘腻峁僺补办补 Umesh 惭颈艣谤补, in his work History of Indian Philosophy, identifies 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈鈥檚 village as Th膩峁沨墨, in the Darbh膩峁単膩 district of Bihar.
痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈, with gratitude, himself mentions Trilocana as his preceptor who established a few landmarks in the history of the 狈测腻测补 school, especially in regard to nirvikalpa 辫谤补迟测补办峁 (indeterminate perception). 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补 learnt this theory of indeterminate perception from his guru.[3] Trilocana鈥檚 only work is 狈测腻测补ma帽jar墨 which is different from the work of the same name written by Jayanta Bha峁弓a.
About his personal identity and ancestry, nothing is known except the tradition that he is the incarnation of 艢补峁卥补谤补 himself in order to popularize the Advaita system through his 叠丑腻尘补迟墨. That he was always devoted to study and was engaged in composing standard works like the 叠丑腻尘补迟墨 in all 艢腻蝉迟谤补蝉 is noteworthy.
In this connection a curious story is narrated. It is said that during his marriage, he heard some learned discussions of great pandits which was a custom prevalent in ancient India on such occasions. He was much attracted by the discussion and consequently cultivated that art all his life time. The result was that he devoted his life to the task of writing authoritative treatises on all 顿补谤艣补苍补蝉.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. , Vol. 2, p. 453
[2]:
Ibid.